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First Eighteen Holes
No layout of the second nine completed in 1931 has been located, but it has been possible to put one together. With the help of Jack Briddon, who has been a club member since 1930 (he was 16 years old), the first 18 holes which combined parts of the original nine and the new nine holes is shown in Figure 2. There is no current record of a golf architect being involved in the design and construction of the second nine. A close examination of this original 18 hole layout compared with the original nine tends to indicate that while part of the course was expanded south toward Rainbow Drive, virtually all 18 holes still remained on the east side of Kings Highway. There were quite a few fairways crossing the creek meandering through the course. The result of combining the original nine and the new nine was 18 holes in an area which was not much larger than that occupied originally. It was a little tight; Bud Habes and Cliff Goodrich, both Life Members who played the course as boys, confirm this fact. The yardages and pars of the resulting first 18 holes as best it can be recalled by Jack Briddon are as follows: First 18 hole Yardages In the original 18 hole layout (Figure 2) note that the 1st tee was near the side entrance to the clubhouse, the fairway was down the hill (now well wooded) with the green being in the area of the present 2nd tee. The 2nd hole was a short par three (95 yards). The 3rd tee and fairway was on the east side of the creek; the present 2nd hole is played today on the west side of this same creek, the east side being largely rough. This original 18 hole layout-not long-but a little tight, remained the same for a relatively short period of time, 1931-1934. In 1935, the course as we know it today (with some exceptions) went into service.


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